1941 Zenith Table radio Model 7S529

I have had this radio since I was about 13 years old. It was given to me by my uncle who lived near Detroit at the time. Upon a visit where I had traveled up there with my Grandparents, I spied this sitting in my aunt and uncle's basement. I had a love for old stuff even then, and I listened to, and messes with this radio nearly the whole visit. Upon our departure my uncle asked me if we had room for the radio, and it became mine. The radio played then, but not for a long time after, old components, and frequent use took their toll. The radio spent many years sitting until I began to learn about repair, and electronic restoration. Any of you who have messes with these era Zenith's know about the insulation on the wiring, and how it just crumbles off. I ended up completely rewiring the whole radio, replacing all electrolytic capacitors, bypass capacitors, and many resistors. A test of the tubes revealed that one of them had to be replaced as well, a #1232 (7G7) to the best of my memory. This has always been a prized piece of my collection, surrounded by many found memories of an uncle I had the opportunity to spend a lot of time with some years later. A very nice all original finish Zenith table radio with AM, and shortwave bands, this unit also had the automatic settable push buttons for AM tuning. I hope you enjoy!!!

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[spagamoto]

I'm a child of the '90s, but I gotta say I much prefer this over a modern audio setup. It's just so classy. It looks like people cared a lot more about their products back then.

[RedDodge1968]

@spagamoto Back then you bought electronics made right here in the US, with US parts and materials, they were truly a work of art, designed to be a focal point of any room, built with pride, and to stand the test of time. Products were designed to be repairable in the event of failure, not to be thrown away for something new.

[chompo7]

beautiful radio,i have a similar zenith

[RedDodge1968]

@chompo7 A very strong receiving radio, very nice sounding with all of the tone adjustments, a pleasure to listen to. Thank You!!!

[spagamoto]

@RedDodge1968 Well said. I suppose there's two sides to a coin - the current throwaways let new tech deploy very rapidly. It would be difficult to retrofit, say, satellite radio to your Zenith without buying 90% of a new product. On the bad side, it also supplies a constant stream of waste and an apathetic mentality towards effecting repairs. Fortunately, this mentality provides many free "broken" (but fixable for cheap) items to people like us who understand repairs :)

[maplewoodsp]

Beautiful cabinet!! I have a floor model that looks almost the same. My dad bought it new. I am long over due getting mine restored. Zenith are very good at receiving distant stations.